Gauging device



Nov. 11,1958 w. F. ALLER ETAL 2,859,529

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GAUGING DEVICE 3 Sheets-Sheet 5 Filed NOV. 2, 1953 If INVENTORJ BY [f Z p/M m? 4 United States Patent GAUGING DEVICE WillisIFay Aller and Elwood L; ByrkethDayton, Ohio; assignors, bymesne assignments; to The Shefi'ield Corporation, a corporation of Delaware Application November 2, 1953, Serial No. 389,727 3 Claims. (c1. sis- 174 This invention relates to precision "gauging'apparatus.

ship involved.'

Another object is to provide a precision gauging aprality of'cooperating parts.

'It is further object to provide a gauging apparatus wherein a pair'of cooperating gauging components arev relatively positioned in a gauging operating in accordance with dimensional relationship between a pair of parts and which is readily adapted for gauging 'asingle part by locatingjone of the components a reference position and positioning the other component in accordance with the dimension of the single part to be gauged.

It is 'a further object to" provide a gauging apparatus wherein parts are easily placed for gauging and removed following a gauging operation, which is adapted [for gaugingcooperating parts of a wide range of party sizes. Othe'robjects and advantages of the present invention 'Oneobjectof this invention is to provide a gauging apparatus'adapted' for precisely gauging the dimensional the inner and outer surfaces respectively, and positioned thereby, and'gauge means cooperating between said, me-.. chanical means for'determining the dimensional relationparatus'which isadapted to determine the precise size of, a singlepart or for comparing the dimensions of a plu associated gauge will be apparent from the following description, the accompanying drawings and the appendedjclaims. A'def tailed description of a specific embodiment for carrying out the present invention will be given 'with'reference to the accompanyingdrawing figures wherein similar parts have been given similar designations.

Figure 1 illustrates in front elevation and section an exemplary apparatus embodying the present invention.

on line 2-2 of Figure 1. o t v Figure 3 is a view of the right-h'and'end of the apparatusi 3 I Figure 4 is a top vieW,,als0 in partial section.

Figure '2 is asecti'onalview of the apparatus taken Figures 5 and 6 illustratethe gauging apparatus in gauging and loading positions respectively with the central housing broken away in Figure 6.

Figure 7 is a central section'of the fluid leakage orifice and the passage leading to it through "one end of a ganging arm', and the opposed orifice controlling surface, eon stituting the gauging components in this exemplary em- 1 bodiment; 1

Figure 8 is a fragmentary View dra ing arm vcarrying the fluid leakageorifice.

Figure 9 is a sectional view of one of the adjustable:

work supporting contacts taken on line 99 of Figured;

Figure 10 is a" sectional view of an adjustable stop means for locating one of thegauging arms in a refierence;

position." a

Figure 11 is a yoke which serves to positionthe gauge arms.

an up position to release the gauging arms. 7

Figure 14 illustrates an exemplary flow measuring in v strument with calibrations thereon for a particular-gauging operation.

tacts which are movableaway from thepart supports to allow the loading of parts and are movable toward the parts for contact therewith in a gauging operation. Each gauge contact is positioned in accordance with the' di mension of 1 its j respective part and these gaugecontacts; .p serve to position gauging ;components which are thus;

relatively positioned in accordancewiththe dilfer'ential in the dimensions of the parts irrespective of the sizes of the parts In gauging'la single part or comparing a single part} with a reference dimension one gauge ,componentcam be located in a fixed reference position through anadjustable stop 'or'by the insertion ofapartvof reference; dimension or the like and thetother gauge component will be positioned in accordance with the location-of its; contact'as determined by the dimension 5* of the part gauged.

Each of the part supports includes part locatingcont-j,

tacts which are stationary during a gauging operation but which are readily adjustable to fixedpositions in}.- .t accordance with thesize of the parts thus adapting the device for gauging parts of various sizes. In anillustraltive embodiment of the'device the gauge contacts are; carried by arms Vwhichare pivoted about av common A lever whichis manually movable is. provided to raisem the arms out of gaugingcontact during loading and unloading of the gauging deviceand to release the armsfor movement into contact with the ,parts'gauged. The arms are suitably counterbalanced so that a predetermined; gauging pressure can be'provided. These arms carry the cooperating gauging components for movement to: wards and from one another fin accordance withithidifferential inthe dimensions of the parts or the (linden- .4

ment.

In Figure 1 is illustrated a base member 10 which has three vertical standards or posts 11," 12 and 14 extending up from its upper surface. The two end posts 11 and 14 serve to carry the part supports." The central post 12 mounts the pivoted arms 15 and 16 and also carriesthe 4;

arm positioning yoke 17; The 'arms15 and 16 carry end of the gaugdetailed fragmentary front view of gthew adjustable stop and the'sur face with which it cooperates.'

Figure 12 is a top viewfshowing themanually actuated" contact; carrying Figure 13 is a detailed enlarged view of a latch means for locking the inner end of the arm positioning yoke in gauge contacts 18 and20;for movement about a common i P 1 ll1QH l he Can 2 p st. land in and u o'f'gauging contact with the parts to be gauged.

The particular embodiment illustrated is particularly adapted for the gauging and comparing of cooperating annular elements such as bearing races and more especially ball bearing races. .It will be understood that while the apparatus illustrated is especially adapted for such gauging, other pairs of interrelated or cooperating particularly to the post 14 -and the. contacts 24 and 25 carriedthereby, a plate-lilcemembenZtS is fixed to the forward face of the'post ,11 by screw/s27, 28 and 29.

The forwardfaee of the plate 26 has converging grooves 4 along its outer edges. Th section 9 9 (see v Figure9) illustrates theicon fi guration of one of these grooves, Sliding block s 30 and 31 can be adjustably fixed along these grooves and will converge with downward adjustments therealong. This associationisshown for the block- 31 in Figure 9. A screw 34 having a projecting head 35 which fits in a groove in the plate 26 canlbe tightened in position by not 36 to hit the block 31 in its adjusted position along the plate. This givesa range of movement of each of the blocks along the length of the converging sides of the plate 26. Thepart contact'2 is shaped as a segment of a sphere in this application and has an inner fiange 37 which engages the outer surface of the block 31. By rotating the contacts dilferent Wearing surfaces can be presented for contact to prolong their useful service life.

The part contact isiinternally threaded at its inner end and a screw member 38 is provided to fix the part contact in either of two holes furnished along the length ofith-e block'31. Thus with the adjustable sliding of each of the blocks; and 31 and the two point of attachment on each block for thepart: contacts. 24, and,

25-an extremely wide range of adjustments is readilyand simply provided to accommodate the gauge forthe gauging of parts of a wide' range of sizes. The fixed mounting contacts 21- and 22 supportedfrom the yer-.

tical post 11 at the left-handend ofthe gaugingapparatus are similarly arranged.

The two gauging arr r1s 15 and 16 are carried for their P q r i b u *1 7 11 119 ax s at e. pe end-oi the central post 12 by structure which is'more fully illustrated in Figure 4. Each. of th e arms are carriedfor pivoting} movements at twqpoints spaced along the pivot axis. The main bearing support is furnished by'two relatively large ball elements atthethese plugs 45L and4 6 have annular V-shaped grooves in their surfaces into which the pointed ends of holdingscrews threaded in thepost can be inserted to fix themin position. The forward support. of the .left-hand arm,

15 is lturnished bypa plate 47" fixedtothe arm 15 .and

having an extension which has a hole in which thela rge I bal1'40 is-fitted. A similar ball and plug arrangement is provided at the rear end of the apparatus .where a platei48 is journaled about a corresponding. balland is fixedftojthe remprojection of-thearml16. A plug is carried in therear end of thearrnlS and carriesballs which similarly contact the rear face of the rear ball 'bearing support. Threugh this arrangementa minimum;

of friction surface is achieved with the elimination of lost motion orplay. The spring 50 between the two centralpost supported ball cluster carrying plugs 45 and 49 is an aid in removing the plugs from the central post 12 in disassembling the apparatus.

The arm 16 which has its gauge contact 15 at its righthand end is supported for pivoting movement at a point intermediate its ends and at its left-hand end carries a fluid leakage orifice 52 constituting one gauging component and formed as an insert in the upper surface of the lefthand end of the arm 15. A passage 54 leads to the orifice insert 52 and is provided for connection to a source of air supply and a fluid flow gauge. The gauge contact 20 of the arm 16 is counterbalanced by a counterweight formecl integrally with the arm and indicated at 55.

The left-hand arrn 15 has. its gauge contact-.atits left-hand end and is journaled closely adjacent itsrighthand end on the post'12 as previously described. Intermediate its ends this arm 15 carries an adjustable orifice controlling member 56 constituting the other gauging component threaded. into. an upper projection, 57 .on the arm. This orifice controlling member 56 has a lower surface opposing the fiuid leakage orifice52. The gaugecontact 18 and the weight of the arm-15 is;c0unterbalanced ina manner similar, to that for arm 16 bya counterbalance 58.

Each of the arms 15 and 16 has an adjustablescrew projection extending below the arm adjacent to its pivot axis and indicated at 6% and 61 respectively. The arm positioning yoke ,17 is pivoted on a pin 64. which extends through the central post 12 transverse to the pivot ing axis of the arms. This arrangement is shown more clearlyin Figure 12. This yoke 17 is provided with contacting surfaces 65 and for engaging the screws and 61. At its forward end a handle 67 .extends; from the. yoke 17 for manually actuating it..

A pin 70 extends transversely through the left hand rear extension of the yoke 17. At the left-hand end-of the pin 70 (see Figure 12) a spring is attachech: This spring 71 extends downthroughthe uppensurface of the base 10 and is attachedvto a lower pin: 74 inserted into a side wall of the base, .16.. Thisspringqurges the rearward end of the yoke 17 down, thus raising I the ;cont acts and 66 in engagement-with, the:.sc rews 60 and 61 and moving the arms,and-gaugev contacts a small prejecting'lever 76 whichextends out the back;

of the central housing 78, This. isprovidedto lock the rear end of the-yoke in. an up position toiace the 7 arms during setup operations,

7 up it releases this contact 81 to energize the switch 82,

gauging. As shownin phantom. inthatfigure-an inner.- bearing ring is supported atthe-left-hand sideof the;

apparatusby mounting above thetwo fixed contacts 21;;and,-.-

22. On the right-hand side an outer bearing ring;iS;sup..-ii

At the inner end of thelefthand rearward extension of the yoke 17 a projecting screw member. 80,..is pro vided. This. screw 80 ,coop erates with a switch con-- tact 81 of a switch unit 82. When theryokeill moves ,tion and a loading position respectively. As shown in Figure fi, the handle 67 is raised and has contacted the screw projections 60;and 61 to carry the arms 15 and; 16 upward, raising the gauge contacts 18 ,.and;20;out. of

gauging contactso; that parts can be easily mountedafor ringis-talten from this previously classified group and. is,-

gauge; contacts. 18 and 2G,.contact the selectedtinner. race and the-random outer race the fioatintheindicating instrument 96' offigure 14 will thenindicatefromwvhich ofythe ball classifications A, B, C,.or. D balls should be selected to assemble with this combination of inner and outer-rings, These. classifications have been. setup. so. astoproperly. compensate for any existiug variation be- I tween the selected inner and random outer races and give the, desired radial, playin the assembled bearing. Thus in this; exemplary application an inner ring is selected to go with a random selected outer -ring, the selected inner ring and random outer ring are. compared, andballs are selected,- to assemble therewith. 7

Thus it is seen that a gauging apparatus has been provided which canreadiiy gauge a singlepart or can determine the dimensional relationship between cooperating. parts. The apparatus hasmany other applications than that of gauging bearingv components and can be, readily appliedv to gauging the dimensional relationship between any two re1ated:parts.- ltzernbodies adjustable part supports whereby parts of various sizes can be accommodated. The apparatusis easily operated by an inexperienced operator. When used. with properly calibrated instruments for. specific gaugingv operations there are no mental calculations to be carried out. When the handle 67 is raised the part gauging contacts are moved out of position and the apparatus is clear and free for the re moval of; parts which have been gauged and the insertion of parts which are to be gauged. The structure is basically simple in form and ruggedly constructed and is designed .to have along service life. The gauge contacts, being1 counterbalanced, will only have a light gauging contactand; therefore there will be slight wear on these contacts and no possibility of damage to the parts being gauged. By rotating the part contacts in their support-. ing blocks. after several .gauging operations the point of contact can be varied along their peripheries and theirlife thus lengthened.

While a specific embodiment of this invention has been illustrated and described. for. the purpose of disclosing the many advantagesand-the operation thereof, it is not intended toso limit the scope of this invention. The true scope of the invention is-determined'by the appended claims.

We claime- 1. Gauging, apparatusfor. gauging a dimensional relar;

tionshipbetweena pair-of cooperating annular parts which are. adapted to.-cooperate .one within the other,

comprising atbase, a first supportzforthe inner part carried. frornsaid. base,. said first-support comprising two spacedsupporting and locating contacts engaging the innerjpart-abtwo points upon its outersurface, carrying the part -thereabove,.a second support forthe outer part I carried from, said base, spaced laterally-from said first support, saidsecond support comprisingitwo .spacedssup porting and locating contacts engaging theouter part-at two points on itsinner surface and upon whichgtheouter inner ,part by pivoting about an axis intermediate the first i and second support means, a secondgaugecontact means.

forcontacting the innersurface. of the. outer'part, means. carrying said second contact. means fromv said base for movement into and out of contact-with; the 'outerapart. at a .point equidistant .from the. associatedzsupportingand components on saidcarryingmeans at one side'of said.

locating, contacts ;by ,pivoting about said intermediate-e axistgmanually. operated means carried fromsaid base. for". moving- ;said gauge contact-means into and out'of'gauging. pesition and cooperating-, gauging components. on: said. i carrying rneans at rone-sideeof said intermediate axis. rela-w tively positionedt[insaccordance withthe movement of. the-gaugeszcontacts. and theydimensional relationship of the innerrandr outer parts.=-.

2. Gaugingrapparatusfor. gauging a dimensional. relationship-between:aopair of cooperating. annular parts whichareiadaptedtocooperate one within therother comprising'a base, a firstzsupportfor the inner. part=car-.-- riedfrornzsaid base, said first. support comprising supporting contact means engaging the inner partonrits outer surfacezandearrying. the. part thereabove,.a second sonpcrt for the outer; part carriedtrom said base, .spaced laterally. trom said firstsupport, said second support.com-' prising; supportingcontaet meansengaging the: outer: part on its inner. surfaceiand upon-which the outerpart'is .sup.-;

' ported by hanginga first gauge contact- .means for .-con-. Y

tactinggthqouter surfaceofthe inner partat a point opposite the associated supporting contact means,-means.-z carrying said first gaugecontact means from said basefor movement into and out of contact with the inner part by. pivotingabout-l an axis intermediate the first and seize.

0nd. support means,- a second-gauge contact means-for;- contacting the inner' surface ot the outer part, means;- carrymgsaid second-. gaugecontact means from said'base formovement into and out of contact with the outerpart: at. a point. opposite theassociated supporting ,contact means by pivoting about said intermediate axis, actuating: means for moving said gauge contact means into -gaugingv position and for retracting-and holding said gauge contact means away fromv gauging position, cooperating gauging;

intermediate axis relatively positioned in accordance with I themovement of the-gauge contact means and the dimen-e sional relationship of the inner and outer parts, said carrying means including a first rigid gauging arm pivot--1- ally supported between its ends on said pivot axiszcarry ing one of saidcontact means at one end and havingione of said gauging components at itsother end, and a second rigid gauging arm piyotally supported at one end on said pivot axis carrying the. other of said contact means at its other. endand havingthe other of'said gauging ,com-. ponentsbetween. its ends incooperation with the gang ingcomponent .supportedlby. said first arm.

3. Gauging, apparatus for gauginga dimensional 'rela-..- tionship betweena .pair of. cooperating annular parts which are adapted to cooperate-one within the other, comprisinga base, a firstsupportforthe inner part carried ,fromlsaid base,,said firstsupport comprising sup-,- porting contact means engaging the inner part on its outer surface and. carrying. the part thereabove, a secondsupport for the. outer-part.carried.from said base,-spaced t laterallytrom. said first support, said second support 1 comprising supporting contact means engaging the-outer part'on its inner surface and upon which the outer part is supported by 'hanging,.a first gauge contact means for contacting the outer surface of theinner part at a point opposite'the'associated supporting contact means, means carrying said firstgauge' contactmeans. from said. base for movementint'o and out 'of'contact with the inner part by pivoting'about'an axis intermediate the first and sec ond support means, a second gauge contact meansfor' contactingthe'inner surfaceof the outer part, means 'carryingsaid secondgauge' contact means from said base for-movement into and out of contact'with the outer'part at a point opposite the-associated supporting contact" means by pivotingabout'said intermediate axis,-coop-- crating gauging? components: onsaid carrying means at one: side: of' said intermediateaxis relatively positioned in; accordance: with..the.; movement of .the: gauge contact meansaand sthedimensional relationship of the inner;.and..i

outeraparts, .said. carrying, means including a. first rigidr.

gauging arm pivotally supported between its ends on said pivot axis carrying one of said contact means at one end and having one of said gauging components at its other end, a second rigid gauging arm pivotally supported at one end on said pivot axis carrying the other of said contact means at its other end and having the other of said gauging components between its ends in cooperation with the gauging component supported by said first arm, manually actuated means for moving said gauge contact means into gauging position and forretracting and holding said gauge contact means away from gauging position including actuating means for engaging both said arms, resilient means connected to bias said actuating means in one direction to engage and rock said arms to retract said gauge contact means from gauging position, and manually operated means connected to move said actuating means in the opposite direction to release said arms and allow engagement of said gauge contact means with the respective parts under the force of gravity.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Rockwell July 30, Goodrich Dec. 13, Johnson Mar. 27, Gregg Sept. 10, Rose Sept. 23, Bowness Dec. 30, Rupley Dec. 6, Nebesar Dec. 30, Mims Apr. 20, Aller Apr. 20, Walker Aug. 17,

American Machinist, page 383, February 27, 1930. 

